[Bilimsel Haber] [CESN] Call for abstracts- The State of Humanties in Central Asia

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Call for abstracts for

The Aga Khan Humanities Project's (AKHP) Panel Proposal for the Sixth
CESS Annual conference

*The State of the Humanities in **Central Asia***

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This panel will assess teaching and research in the Humanities in
Central Asia. Therefore, preference will be given to proposals offering
(1) a comparative perspective, (2) original research based on
qualitative and/or quantitative studies, and (3) an assessment of
current state of specific disciplines of humanities in Central Asia.
However, proposals offering case studies of departments teaching and/or
researching humanities disciplines, theoretical issues such as
definitions, debates, and discourses within Central Asian humanities, as
well as relevance of the study of humanities in contemporary Central
Asia are also welcome.

The core disciplines of the humanities, Philosophy, History, Literature,
ethnography etc, will be preferred. However, papers on associated
disciplines in the social sciences, such as sociology and psychology,
will also be considered.

The main objective of this panel is to identify the direction and trends
of the humanities discourses taking place in Central Asia and their
place in the wider international discourses in humanities. Correlative
objectives include evaluating the developmental needs of the humanities
in Central Asia, the disciplines/departments that have had some support
and the impact/outcomes of that support, and finally the prospects for
humanities in Central Asia in the near future.

Two successful applicants to this panel from Central Asia will receive a
travel grant (up to a maximum of 1000$) towards travel to the conference
from the Aga Khan Humanities Project. Grantees will need to have Central
Asian citizenship, and will be expected to submit the full text of the
paper by the due date (September 8,^ 2006). The grant will be awarded at
the CESS conference in Michigan.

Abstracts to the above panel should be submitted by April 5, 2006 to:

Yasmin Lodi

AKHP Regional General Manager

lodi at akhp.org <mailto:lodi at akhp.org>

Along with the abstracts, please submit personal information as required
by CESS, such as full name, title, Institutional Affiliation,
department, position, email address, permanent address and temporary
address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, a brief biography (maximum 300
words) and your CESS membership status.

Guidelines for Writing Abstracts are provided at the CESS website:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/

The Aga Khan Humanities Project promotes pluralism in ideas, cultures,
and people by supporting the development and implementation of
innovative humanities curricula based on the cultural traditions of
Central Asia. AKHP initiates and supports curricular and pedagogical
development in universities, community outreach projects and
institutional development. Further information on AKHP is available at
http://www.akdn.org/humanities/Humanity.htm.
Yasmin Lodi, PhD
Regional General Manager
Aga Khan Humanities Project
75 L Tolstoy Street
Dushanbe 734000
Tajikistan
Tel (992 372) 2245823, 2240702
Fax: (992 372) 510128


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